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Ocean Bottom— In the Mines— Hot Springs— Darwin Ex- 

 cites Suspicion — Volcanoes — Tame Birds— The Myopota- 

 mus — Predaceous Gulls — Birds Killed by Them, 



CHAPTER IX. 



IN THE EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY . . . 89 



At the Bay of San Carlos — Earthquakes — Destruction of 

 Concepcion— At Talcahuana— Tidal Waves— Poverty of the 

 Victims — Elevation of the Coast — Darwin's Coolness in 

 Danger — Narrow Escapes. 



CHAPTER X. 



IN THE RED SNOW COUNTRY 97 



Valparaiso — The Portillo Pass — Land of the Red Snow — 

 Electrical Conditions — A Swarm of Locusts — Experiments 

 with the Reduvius — A Forest of Stone — Valley of the Copi- 

 apo— Ruins at Old Callao — Antiquity of Man. 



CHAPTER XI. 



AMONG THE OCILAN VOLCANOES . 106 



Galapagos Islands — Number of Craters — Gigantic Tor- 

 toises — Land and Marine Lizards — New Marine Forms — 

 Flora — Number of Cryptogamic Plants — Variety of Forms 

 on the Different Islands — Tameness of the Birds. 



CHAPTER XII. 



IN THE GARDENS OF THE SEA . . . US 



Keeling Island — Among the Corals — Towed by a Turtle — 

 Sagacity of the Birgos — Stinging Corals — Coral-Eating Fish 

 — Theories Regarding Reef Structure — Mauritius — Extinc- 

 tion of Animals at St. Helena — Return to England. 



